AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.5x more boost clock speed: 930 MHz vs 375 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
25.6x more pipelines: 512 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 275
8.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1457 vs 171

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	930 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	394 vs 275
PassMark - G3D Mark	1457 vs 171

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

394

275

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1457

171

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G2D Mark	394	275
PassMark - G3D Mark	1457	171
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Cape Verde	G71
Launch date	21 December 2013	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	599	593
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512	20
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0